THE TEAMS
No. 3 Santa Clara (31-18, 17-10) vs. No. 6 Gonzaga (18-33, 14-13 WCC)

SERIES INFO
When: Wednesday, May 24 at 3 p.m.
Where: Las Vegas, Nev.
Video: WCC Network
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NOTES

• Santa Clara had eight honored on the All-WCC teams this season. Skylar Hales, Blake Hammond, and Michael O'Hara were named to the second with JonJon Berring, Coleman Brigman, Efrain Manzo and August Souza nabbing honorable mention. Thomas Ferroggiaro was named all-freshman.
• The Broncos 31 wins this season are the most since 2008 when they won 33. Their .633 winning percentage since a .683 mark in 1997 when they went 41-20 and made the NCAA Regionals for the last time. The 17 conference wins is the most since 21 in 2003.
• Santa Clara is hitting .294/.400/.480 as a team with 337 runs scored on 91 doubles, 14 triples, and 65 home runs. The 65 home runs are a program record, topping 62 hit in 1984. The OBP leads the WCC and the average and slugging are second.
• Michael O'Hara is hitting .321 with a .415 OBP while adding 11 doubles, three triples, and three home runs to go with 35 RBIs and 43 runs scored. Dawson Brigman is hitting .312 with a .418 OBP and 11 steals while adding 25 RBIs with 41 runs scored and 10 doubles, three triples, and five home runs. Efrain Manzo has a team high 16 home runs and 50 RBIs with 45 runs scored and is slashing .304/.407/.665. JonJon Berring is also hitting over .300 at .322 with 27 runs scored and 12 steals.
• On the mound, Santa Clara has a 4.64 ERA, with 434 strikeouts against 178 walks in 440 innings.
• The Broncos hits per nine innings of 8.39 is 30th nationally and leads the conference. Their strikeout to walk ratio of 2.44 is 34th in the country and second in the WCC. The 3.64 walks per nine innings is 29th nationally and second in the conference. The team's 1.34 WHIP is 19th in the country and first in the league. The 8.9 K/9 leads the WCC.
• Cole Kitchen's 74 2/3 innings and are the most on the team as are his 64 strikeouts. He has started 14 games and appeared in 15 with a 4.22 ERA. Skylar Hales has 61 punchouts in 47 1/3 innings and a 2.85 ERA (second in the WCC) with three saves. His 11.85K/9 is 37th nationally and first in the WCC. His strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.69 is second in the conference and 39th in the country. August Souza, who has a 1.69 ERA, the lowest on the team, leads the way with five saves. Blake Hammond has appeared in 17 games out of the bullpen and thrown 45 innings with 63 strikeouts, six wins, and has a 2.40 ERA.
• Blake Hammond won WCC Pitcher of the Week on May 1.
• Brandon Gomez was named WCC co-Pitcher of the Week on March 20, giving the Broncos three-straight honors.
• Santa Clara swept the WCC weekly awards on March 13 with Efrain Manzo being named the Player of the Week and Skylar Hales the Pitcher of the Week.
• Cole Kitchen was named the WCC Pitcher of the Week on March 6.
• Santa Clara's winning streak of nine games from April 23-May 7 was the longest streak since a 16-game stretch from April 11-May 2, 1997. 
• The Broncos also had their first sweep of San Francisco since 2003 and the first home sweep since 2002, making it the first at Stephen Schott Stadium which opened in 2005.
• The Broncos have four walkoff home runs and five walkoff total this year. Coleman Brigman hit a two-run shot in the 11th against Villanova on March 12. Efrain Manzo then did it on March 26 against San Diego, also in the 11th inning. Manzo did it again on April 25 vs. Cal Poly in the 10th. Robert Hipwell did it on May 6 against San Francisco. Michael O'Hara had a two-run single to cap a four-run ninth on May 18 against Gonzaga.
• Since taking over before the 2018 season, head coach Rusty Filter is 8-1 against Cal Poly after sweeping the season series.
• Santa Clara knocked off No. 2 Stanford on the road March 7.
• It was the Broncos first win over Stanford since the finale of a four-game series in 2021. Santa Clara's last midweek win over the Cardinal came in 2016 and the last win in Palo Alto came in 2015.
• On April 15, the Broncos welcomed back the 1962 College World Series team that finished as national runners up for a 60th anniversary celebration.
• The renovations at Schott Stadium are complete. The renovations include a completely new turn playing surface, padded fence around the stadium, a new batter's eye, all new chair back seats inside the stadium, and a remodel of the VIP Suite and press box.

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